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Bug 160434

Summary:	[Preferences] org.eclipse.jface.preference.FileFieldEditor shows "Value must be an existing file" when selecting an application
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Mark Drew <mark.drew>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Duong Nguyen <duongn>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P3	CC:	Tod_Creasey
Version:	3.3	Keywords:	helpwanted
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Macintosh
OS:	Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)
Whiteboard:

Description Mark Drew

2006-10-11 04:29:48 EDT

I have added a FileFieldEditor to select an application under OS X, when you select an Application (e.g. Safari.app) it tells you that its not a valid file, this is because applications under OS X are actually folders (of a special kind) 

This is unexpected behaviour as on a PC we can use this to select an application.

Comment 1 Brian Bauman

2006-10-11 09:52:42 EDT

Is there an entry in the log that is created?  If so, can you post it to the bug report?

Comment 2 Mark Drew

2007-03-06 06:34:26 EST

There is no entry, it just doesnt work as it should, How would one select an application in OS X? (as mentinoed before, applications in OS X are a folder with the extension .app)

Comment 3 Tod Creasey

2007-06-13 16:29:31 EDT

There are currently no plans to work on this however I would be happy to look over a contribution

Comment 4 Eclipse Webmaster

2007-07-29 09:21:00 EDT

Changing OS from Mac OS to Mac OS X as per bug 185991